FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- It's not a bird. It's not a plane. For Fayetteville's Tony Hardin, though, it's his preferred way of flying. The powered parachute appears to most to be some sort of bicycle ...

Why giant parachutes won’t work on airliners—exploring the physics, safety philosophy, and engineering realities behind ...

RIO LINDA, Calif. -- A man dressed as Santa Claus on a powered parachute had to be rescued after getting tangled in power lines near Sacramento, California on Sunday morning. The Federal Aviation ...

Quiet beach moments on one of the southern beaches of Florida turned into a shocking scene, as an automatic parachutist fell ...

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A powered parachute aircraft flipped while landing in Kentucky, killing the two people aboard, authorities said. The small aircraft crashed Sunday in Nicholasville, south of ...

There's an old saying among diehard powered parachute enthusiasts: "Take-offs are optional, but landings are mandatory." That's probably good advice for anyone considering strapping themselves into a ...

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — The community is remembering the victims of a powered parachute crash that happened Sunday evening. The couple has been identified as 72-year-old Micheal D. Murphy and 72 ...

An official with the National Transportation Safety Board said the deadly crash that killed five people and released toxic chemical into the air in Effingham County may have been caused when a driver ...

BOB ZELLAR/Gazette Staff A powered parachute flies over a dusty Shepherd Acton Road Saturday morning just after sunrise during the Riders in the Sky Labor Day Powered Parachute and Ultralight Fly-In.

One man is dead after a powered parachute he was piloting crashed into a tree in Crow Wing County. On Wednesday at around 6:32 p.m., the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office responded to the North ...